I don't know where I acquired a couple of plastic shoeboxes worth of English Civil War, mostly a variety of cavalry. I had some Old Glory infantry figures, both pike and shot, but no cavalry or artillery, which is probably why I bought this lot. Later on, I sold of a large batch of figures, so the odds and sods are what's left. And an ugly lot they are indeed.
But a drive to clean the Game Room, coupled with some fellow bloggers' projects, and my pursuit of actually playing games, not just painting figures, led me to supercharge the ECW project.
Generic units, 10 foot on a base, 4 horse, and three foot with one mounted for a dragoon unit.
I suppose I need to get a couple of guns, at some point.
Well, so far, this is what I've managed to finish. These fellas are all ready to slap on a 4" by 3" base.
These aren't going to win any awards. Block painted with craft paints and some Vallejo colours. Washed with Army Painter Soft Tone. Sealed with brush on matte finish.
But they are done. And that's the point.
My project is looking like it will have something along the lines of 6-8 units of horse, 4-6 units of dragoons, and 8 units of foot. I would like to maybe extend it to 12 units of foot, no more.
A couple of guns for each side, maybe a few single mounted officers with a couple of senior commanders for each side. And a couple of wagons for each side to raid.
I also have a number of sheep for this project. Because. But the sheep are multi-functional. They play as sheep for my 1798 Irish Rebellion, my Project 1745, and my Irish Civil War project, both as obstacles and as Victory Conditions. After all, Victory starts with ewe...
But I digress...